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Spreading the gospel in Muslim communities

OM MENA Travelling Team (MTT) spent 26 days distributing more than 10,000 gospel tracts and spreading Scripture throughout a Muslim-majority country.




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Running at full capacity: Evangelicals serve refugees in Lebanon

Five years of displacement has taken its toll on Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, but many have met Jesus and discovered eternal hope.




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Teaching positive identity through English club

Believers bring a positive identity message to teenage girls living in a remote village.




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Arab believers share faith

Eighty Arab believers attend training to learn how to share the Bible with their Muslim neighbours.




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Syrians, Somalis and Sudanese

Global crises provide unprecedented opportunities for OM workers to share truth with least-reached people from Syria, Somalia and Sudan.




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Telling stories, throwing seeds

Women in the Near East pray and prepare Bible stories to share with local friends through creative opportunities.




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Changing children’s lives

By paying rent for a small school run by a partner church, OM provides education and biblical input to children of displaced families.




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Dealing with disappointment on the field

Two workers share their motivation to keep going when they encounter disappointments in ministry.




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3 guys, 2 countries, 1 believer

An OM worker shares the gospel with a Syrian in northern Iraq, surprisingly reconnecting with the man months later at his baptism in Sweden.




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'Bellissimo!'

OM Italy makes increasing use of their excellent facility, Forterocca, as a base for sports and arts ministries.




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Seeing missions in an Italian light

Danish students gain perspective and experience with OM Italy.




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Summer camp in the Val Pellice Valley

OM Italy organises an annual summer camp for children in Torre Pellice, where many hear the gospel for the first time.




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Cycling to Transform

Cyclists with the Ride to Transform initiative rode 830 kilometres (about 515 miles) through Italy to raise funds for Transform relief projects around the Mediterranean.




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Community living, Jesus style

How do you shine God’s light to people in the community in which God has placed you?




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International arts festival impacts Italian community

Artists present visual and performing arts during the international art Festival Week hosted by OM Arts International’s Incarnate programme.




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Buckling floors and breakthroughs 

As they seek to establish a church, God gives OM Spain the opportunity to minister to the community, break down barriers and share the gospel.




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Travelling team supports churches

OM Spain's traveling team is back at base after nearly two months on the road visiting and serving in various churches.




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Glimmers of hope

In this account of events along the Serbian border, one OM leader paints a picture of a dire situation, with glimmers of hope in Jesus.




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Filling the gap

A team at the Serbian/Croatian border provides relief to migrating refugees. OM Germany leader Gian Walser talks about the work and its impact on him.




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Be more like them

Christina shares about the love between a refugee man and his disabled son, whom she met while volunteering in Šid, Serbia.




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A life in ruins

Though his home city of Palmyra is in ruins, Abdul hopes to give his children a second chance in Europe.




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First Gurbet-Serbian-English picture dictionary

“This publication is a tool to help those who will join Goran in sharing the gospel among Gurbet-speaking Roma, and lays the foundation for future Christian materials.”




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Encouraging local believers

OM Riverboat community members encourage local believers who are struggling with their faith.




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The Lord establishes our steps

As workers wonder how to reach people with the good news, they find God has already prepared the way.




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10 years of living ‘Out of the Comfort Zone’

Board members from OM Malaysia joined 110 participants from 18 nations in the 10-year celebration of the Out of the Comfort Zone conference this year.




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Life Direction Weekend

Seventeen participants from nine churches gather for OM Malaysia and OM Singapore's Life Direction Weekend in Port Dickson, Malaysia, from 21-23 March.




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Familiar face

Kochi, India :: Jeannette Zandbergen (Netherlands) is surprised to see an old friend in a photograph.




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Familiar name

Visakhapatnam, India :: Teams from the ship visit Logos Church.




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Freeing the Dalits

In 1988, it became evident to leadership that OM needed to respond to the hundreds of millions of poor and marginalised in India, specifically the Dalit-Bahujan people, or ‘untouchables’.




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Nominal Muslims learn about Jesus

Spending the weekend with friends, Mark and Beth quickly learn that their friends’ background does not necessarily mean they follow the practices of that religion.




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Warm homes for 100 families

God supplies the money needed for OM Bosnia’s firewood project quickly this year, enabling them to give 100 households firewood by the middle of November.




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Building a bridge to reconciliation

Teens attending TeenStreet Europe in July will raise money for a project to bring reconciliation to the ethnically divided youth of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.




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Believers in Bosnia spread God’s blessing

OM worker Jael shares about believers in North West Bosnia growing in faith and learning the joy of giving.




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Challenged to live a healthy life

OM team members in El Salvador reach out to young people in their country, challenging them to live a healthy life.




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My heart needs healing

A woman confesses a need for her heart to be healed following a terrible experience.




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Bus4Life begins sixth European tour

Bus4Life begins its sixth year serving churches and OM teams across Central and Eastern Europe.




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Bus4Life travels on grace

As the Bus4Life begins its seventh tour, former driver Tuukka Linkopuu reflects on his two-year ministry while Esa Tuuri prepares to take the wheel.




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Growth on the trampoline

“I am more excited about God now,” says one young Swiss lady after three months working alongside OM Finland to reach youth in Tampere.




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OM Finland celebrates 50 years of mobilisation  

OM's work in Finland began 50 years ago in 1965. Since then, approximately 3,000 Finns have participated in OM’s work.




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‘I want to change my religion’

An Iranian refugee surprises a long-term worker by stating his desire to become a Christian.




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‘I had some feeling that God was there’

God touches lives through OM Czech Republic’s annual summer English camp.




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Light in a sad reality

Bringing justice for the oppressed is the mandate given to every Christian, says Natasha Shoultz, working among sex workers in Prague.




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Licht in einer traurigen Realität

Gerechtigkeit zu den Unterdrückten zu bringen ist ein Auftrag für jeden Christen, sagt Natasha Shoultz, die unter Frauen in Prostitution in Prag arbeitet.




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Bringing hope to workers in the sex industry in Czech Republic

The ministry of helping women involved in the sex industry aims to support those trafficked in Czech Republic by building relationships and prayer




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God’s light shines in the darkness of the sex trade – in Czech Republic

As OM Czech Republic team members reach out to sex workers by visiting a brothel regularly, they are able to establish friendships and talk about God and His care for the women there, and offer them Christmas gifts, which touch hearts.




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Impacting survivours of trafficking one climb at a time

“I climb in the name of the young women we serve,” said Boris Salinas, who will participate in a Freedom Climb event on 26 April.




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Impacting lives, changing a community

OM Ecuador's annual mission school (ECTM) impacts 13 lives, while changing one community.




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Salvation comes while waiting for healing

OM Ecuador team member Candy Arteaga shares a story that demonstrates how God leads us to Himself, even while we wait for healing.




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No one too small to be a mobiliser

Nathan Schmutz, an OMer working in Latin America, shares how a five year-old girl embodies OM's new mission statement.




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WATCH: Police officer rescues driver from car in swimming pool

Footage released by the Phoenix Police Department shows officers rescuing a man from a car submerged in a swimming pool. The man told authorities that he accidentally stepped on the gas pedal too hard